Cement burial-vault.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

A. B. BEALL. CEMENT BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.B0.1906.

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PATENT OFFICE.

OF CLINTON, IOWA.

CEMENT BURIAL-VAULT.

Specifioationof Letters Patent.

Patented-Tilly 9, 1907.

Application filed November 30,1906. Serial No. 346,768.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. BEALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Cement Burial-Vault, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to burial vaults, coffins and the like and has for its object to provide an artificial stone burialvault in which the several connecting joints are reinforced and strengthened thereby to insure a strong, rigid structure. 7 r 1 A further object of the inventionis to generally improve'this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and efficiency. I

With these and other objects in-view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

' In the accompanying drawings forming-apart of this specification: Figure l is a top plan view of a vault constructed in accordance with my invention, the cover being removed to show the interioriconstruction oi -the vault. Fig. 2 15's. longitudinal sectional. view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding I parts in all of the figures of the drawings;

the side and end slabsfi and 7-, respectively, the

abutting edges of the bottom. slabs being cut away as indicated at 9'110 form trans verse grooves for the reception of cement, mortarrorotherbindingmedium.

The upper longitudinal edge of each side slab 6 is formed with a mortar-receivinggroove or channel 10' which extends downwardly through the interior of the slab atone end thereof, as indicated atll and communicates with a substantially V shaped vertically disposed groove 12 formed, in the abutting end .of an adjacentslabby means of downwardly inclined.

grooves or rccosses13 so that by introducing liquid cement into the groove 10 the latter will flow down,-

wnrdly into the groove 11 and thence through the grooves 1.3 into the V shaped grooves 12 thus forming a mortar-joint between adjacent slabs and effectuully locking the same in alinement with each other.

The end'walls 7 of the vault are provided with 'marginnl mortar-receiving grooves 14 on threesides thereof, the vertical groove of the end walls; beirig 'di'sposed in alinement with vertical V shaped grooves 15 formed in the interior face of the adjacent side slabs, there being inclined grooves 16 formed in the ends of the side slab G and communicating with the grooves 14 and 15. The outer ends of the side slabs 6 are provided with'latera-l enlargements 17 which form scatin'g grooves 18 for the reception of the grooved ends slabs and thus prevent accidental displacement of the cover. Eachslab or section 19 is preferably provided with a transverse mortar-receiving groove 22 and is reinforced and strengthened by an integral rib or bar 23.

In assembling ;the several sections comprising the vault the side slabs and end slabs a'refirst positioned on the bottom slabs-after which liquid, cement, or mortar isdntroduced in the grooves or channels 10 from .whence it flows downwardly through the'grooves .11 and grooves 13 into the receiving channels 12, the

same operation being repeated at the several corners of the vault thus securely locking the abutting slabs in contact with each other and forming a, strongrigid nels 11 spaced inwardlyfrom'and connected with the registering grooves 12- at the abutting ends oi adjamedium whenintroduced in the grooves 11 will flow downwardly and laterally into the'registering grooves 12' and thusform a substantially! shaped mortar joint between -the abutting ends of adjacent sin-b sections. f The cover is then placed in position on the vault and secured =thereto'by introducing mortar in the grooves 22. p I 1 Attention is called to the fact that the sections or slabs forming the cover break joint with the abutting on'dsof the side walls'whilc the sections or slabs co1nprising the base of the vault also break joint with the side slabs. I

It will of course be understood that the vault may be made in different sizesand shapes and formed of cement, concrete or other suitable material.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed An artiflclnl 'stone'i-eeeptacle including a base provided with a marginal seatlng flange, sectional side slabs engsulnp: the seating flange and having their shutting faces bear against the interior walls of the side sections or structure. Byhav'ingfthe auxiliary grooves or chancent'side slabs, the-cement, mortar or other binding ends nl lhe :idjm-eni: side SIMIH and disposed at right angles in the shell ;lu()\'0fi in the inner abutting edges 0i Slllll slain sections, the shni'L grooves in the outer end UL the side slab SHPHUIIS being inclined downwardly and vxleridei'i Linnneh the inner faces of the side slab sections 1'01 eunnnnnimiliun will the mui'ginu'i grooves in the m]- jm-enl. enil shins.

in leslinmny [hill 1 (Mini the i'nregoing us my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two \vilnesses.

' ALBERT 1U.

Witnesses -.I. Q. new-tin us,

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